Side wall lighting fixture



July 14, 1931. R. w. SCHWEIKER 1,814,229

SIDE WALL LIGHTING FIXTURE Filed Dec- 29, 1925 Gil Patented July 14,1931 UNITED STATES ROY W. SCHWEIKER, OF LANSDALE, PENNSYLVANIA SIDE WALLLIGHTING FIXTURE Application filed December This invention relates toside wall lighting fixtures, particularly those which are of porcelainand intended for use in kitchens, bath rooms and lavatories wherepersons operat- 5 ing the fixture are liable to grasp the key, or switchoperating device while also grasping a metal water fitting or when in abath, and thus be liable to electrical shock.

The object of the invention is to provide a side wall lighting fixture,preferably of porcelain, and particularly intended for use in kitchens,bath rooms and lavatories, in which the operating means for the switchis entirely covered and protected by the porcelain or other insulatingmaterial comprising the fixture; further, to provide a side walllighting fixture of that general type employing an operating piece,pendant or lever, which is mounted in a universal manner so as to beadapted to be operated however it may be manipulated, wherein thependant key, or operating lever is not only of insulating material butalso completely houses and covers all metallic parts of the switchoperating mechanism so that there are no exposed metal screws, fittings,or other elements with which the hand of the person can come in contact.

Another object is the provision in a side wall lighting fixture of apendant, key, or operating lever which has an improved connection to theswitch operating member which it covers and houses, and, also, is con-.structed at its inner end so as to cover and protect the metal endpiece on the lamp socket or holder and to cooperate in a novel fashiontherewith to form a close, yet flexible connection therewith and at thesame time to enhance the exterior appearance or design of the entirefixture.

In an application filed October 27, 1925, S. N. 15,263, I have set forththe ornamental design represented by the side wall lighting fixturehereinafter described. The present application sets forth the mechanicalconstruction involved in the switch operating means for said fixture.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the side wall 'tion.

29, 1925. Serial No. 78,122.

lighting fixture provided with my improvements;

Figure 2 is a vertical section; Figure 3 is a horizontal section takenabove the operating pendant or lever; and Figure 4 is a detail end viewshowing the housed fastening screw.

The side wall lighting fixture has a base or back plate 1, and a socketor holder 2, formed in a single piece, preferably of porcelain.

The socket 2 contains the electric lamp socket 3 which is anchored atits lower end by the member 4, the latter being received in the cavity 5in the bottomof the socket 2.

The lamp socket 3 contains a snap switch 6 which is opened or closed onalternate movements of a so called universal operating device 7. Theuniversal operating device 7 may be of a type at present well known orof any construction and does not enter into my invention, except in itsrelationship to the improvements which will now be described.

The universal operating device 7 disclosed has a metal lever 8 connectedto the pull chain 9 by a screw'lO, but may be otherwise constructed andarranged.

My improved insulating pendant operating lever 11 is preferably ofinsulating material throughout and may be formed of por- 'celain tomatch the appearance and color of the fixture. The design represented bythe fixture may be continued on the pendant 11 as set forth in my designof Serial No. 15,263, but this is not essential to the present inven-The pendant 11 is hollow to accommodate the metal lever 8 and it has agroove 12 which receives the projecting part of the screw 10. .The upperend of the pendant 11 has a cavity 13 which receives the member 4 thatattaches the lamp socket 3 to the fixture, thus covering and protectingor housing said member 4 and at the same time enabling the margin 14 ofthe cavity 13 to fit snugly against the bottom of the outer holder orsocket 2 on the fixture and to serve as a fulcrum for said pendant 11regardless of the direction in which said pendant is moved or flexed.The pendant 11 is therefore mounted in a universal manner to takeadvantage of the universal switch movement with which it is combined.

The end of the metal lever 8 has a screw threaded opening 15. The lowerend of the pendant 11 is provided with a cavity 16 and an openingleading therethrough to the hollow interior of the pendant. A fasteningscrew 17 has its shank extending through said opening and screwed intothe screw threaded opening 15. The head of the screw 17 is countersunkand completely housed by the cavity 16.

On detaching the screw 17, the pendant 11 may be removed to affordaccess to the lever 8.

The switch action draws upwardly upon the pendant 11 and normally keepsthe margin 14 thereof against the lower end of the holder or socket 2.

lVhen the pendant 11 is pressed laterally, the switch is operated,regardless of the direction in which said pendant is pressed. On therelease of the pendant it immediately resumes its normal position, drawnagainst the lower end of the socket 2. V

The cooperation of the member l with the cavity 13 insures the centeringof the pendant when it is released.

All of the metallic parts are completely housed by the pendant 11 andeven the screw 17 iswholly unexposed on the surface of said pendant, themetal part 4: also being covered and protected by the upper end of thependant 11. 1

hat I claim is In aside wall lighting fixture having an upright socketor holder, the combination with a lamp socket and a switch carried bythe holder of the fixture, and the means for securing said lamp socketto the holder, of switch operating means extending through the bottom ofthe said fixture holder from the exterior to the interior thereof, aninsulating pendant operating lever extending below the fixture holderand forming a continuation thereof and having its upper end closelyfitting the bottom of the holder and also universally fulcrumed thereatso that it may rock laterally in any direction, said pendant operatinglever covering and protecting the means for securing the lamp socket tothe holder and being connected to the switch operating device and whollyhousing that part thereof which lies outside the fixture holder.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ROY TV. SCHl/VEIKER;

